Just days before the upstart Shine Fight Promotions’ first pay-per-view event, the organization has been forced to juggle its main-card lineup.

PRIDE, EliteXC and King of the Cage veteran Travis Galbraith (17-7), who was scheduled to meet Murilo ‘Ninja’ Rua (18-10-1) in the evening’s co-main event, has withdrawn from Saturday’s “Worlds Collide: Mayorga vs. Thomas” event following a disagreement with the organization over travel arrangements.

“I’m really disappointed,” Galbraith told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com). “I was really looking forward to fighting ‘Ninja.’ Him and his brother are the whole reason I started fighting MMA.”

Featuring a main event between former professional boxing champion Ricardo Mayorga and MMA veteran Din Thomas, “Worlds Collide: Mayorga vs. Thomas” takes place May 15 at Crown Coliseum in Fayetteville, N.C., and will be
broadcast on pay-per-view

Galbraith said his decision to withdraw from the card was based on a series of events that left him concerned.

“It was kind of a compilation of a few things,” Galbraith said. “First off, we were only sent the travel schedule three days prior to the fight. My manager was trying to get hold of them two weeks prior to the fight regarding my travel itinerary and didn’t get a rely until three days prior.

“On top of that, being in the co-main event, it was in my contract that I could have two cornermen accompany me to the fight. Also three days prior to the fight, I was told I was only allowed one guy. So we chose not to participate in the event because the contract was not being met.”

Galbraith said the decision to turn down the fight was a difficult one, but he has lost confidence in the organization and has concerns that Shine Fights might not live up to the terms of the rest of his contract, either.

“It was kind of a sign of things to come,” Galbraith said. “There were warning bells going off when we weren’t able to track down our itinerary until three days before the fight. I didn’t even know if the fight was going to happen up to that point. That was what pushed the envelope for me.”

Shine Fight matchmaker Ron Foster declined to comment specifically on the matter, though he did confirm that Galbraith had withdrawn and that a replacement has already been secured.

“A five-time UFC veteran stepped up to take his place,” Foster said.

MMAjunkie.com has since learned from additional sources close to the promotion that David Heath (14-6) is the replacement opponent to which Foster referred. Bout agreements have been distributed, and the new contest is expected to be finalized shortly.

Galbraith said he’ll return to action on May 29 for one-time UFC fighter Bill Mahood’s eXtreme Fighting Challenge promotion against an opponent yet to be determined. And while he walked away from the contest this time, Galbraith hopes to one day fight Rua under a different banner.

“I really would love to fight ‘Ninja,'” Galbraith said. “That’s the real kick in the nuts. I was really looking forward to this.”

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